License for sexual assault?

There are horror stories about rape and other sex-related offenses. It is scary how it seems certain scenarios give men license to sexually assault a woman and other people justify the act.

I heard a story of a lady who spent the night at a male friend's house and then he raped her. I bet the first thing that came to your mind is, "how can she sleep in a man's house and think nothing will happen?" But doesn't the lady have to give consent for 'something' to happen?

Another story is of a lady who went on a date with a guy. Everything went well and when the guy saw her off to her house, she asked him in to show him a photo album from her childhood they had fondly talked about earlier. When he came in, he groped her and tried to kiss her. Again, you say, "She should know that asking a guy in is an invitation to sex" but I wonder who makes these rules.

A third story I would share is a guy who had been flirting with a girl but she had always turned him down. They were colleagues, but not so close. One day he invited her over for a visit. She obliged him. When they got there, he tried to force himself on her. Now, you ask, "She should have known that he would have ulterior motives. She was stupid. She asked for it."

This is not fair to the victims. We should not lay the blame at the feet of women who are naïve or somehow fall into the traps of these men. Even if a lady walked butt-naked on the most dangerous streets in the dead of the night, sexual assault is a capital 'No'.

Ladies, the world is not what it used to be anymore; we can't be so trusting of men and their motives anymore.